Apparatus for measuring liquids.



E. S. DONISTHORPE.

APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1a, 1908. RENEWED JAN. 10, 1910.

951,9 1, Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

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APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS.

' APPLICATION FILED JULYlS, 190s. RENEWED JAN. 10, 1910.

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E. S. DONISTHORPB. APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS. APPLIGATION FILEDJULY 13, 1908. RENEWED JAN. 10, 1910.

Patented. Mar. 15, 1910.

E. s. DONISTHORPE.

APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. 190B.- RENEWED JAN. 10, 1910.

951,9%1 Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

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APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS.

951,941. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. July 13, 1908, Serial NO. 443,318.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910. Renewed January 10, 1910. Serial No. 537,348.

To all whom it may concern: revolves, there being on the lever a projec-Be it known that I, EDMUND SEAL DONIS- tion or catch which engages withthe wheel THORPE, gentleman, a subject of the King of and prevents itturning unless the compart- Great Britain, residing at Links House,ment. is full.

'5 I-Iindhead, in the county of Surrey, Eng On the spindle is a countingmechanism land, have invented new and useful 1111- which registers thenumber of revolutions provements in Apparatus for Measuring 0f thespindle and indicates the amount of Liquids, of which the following is aspecipetrol introduced into the tank. fication. The drawings illustrateapparatus made This invention relates to improvem nts in accordance withthis invention. in apparatus for measuring liquids and is Figure 1 is alongitudinal section and more especially applicable to measuring theFig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. amount of petrol poured intothe petrol F 1g. 3 illustrates an alternative arrangetanks of motorcars, ment. Figs. 4 and 5 are similar views to According to thisinvention a vessel is ig 1 a 2 the gimbals being dispensed placed incommunication with the orifice t g 6 and 7 Show mean? for 'f f th n- 1 tk so th t ll t l t i latlng the amount of petrol that is required thetank must pass through this vessel. Into 111150 a compartment before thefloat side the vessel is a frame which is so mountlevel: 15 ed ingimbals that a spindle carried by it 66 1S Vessel 9 fi fil Orlfice 5 1Sis always approximately horizontal, O placed in communication with thepetrol th i dl i a h l di id d i t t tanln In the vessel a 1s a frame 0mounted more compartments, pivoted within each of lneunbals (Z a11d ywhich is Carried EL hi h i a lever, or are levers h i t one sp1ndle e,'on the spindle c is a measuring d a fl t th th d b i so f d wheel fdlvided lnto compartments 9. In as t engage ith a j ti on th frame eachcompartment 9 are levers h h pivoted to Th vessel is ovid d ith an ifi fa rod j and to which is attached a float is, whi h l ad a i it at d atth t f the other ends, when the compartment is the vessel which deliversthe petrol to a repp g ging With a rod ceptacle mounted on the rockingframe The petrol is supplied through an admiswhence it flows into on ofth compartsion orifice m in the vessel a from which a ments and sincethe receptacle is moiinted pipe at leads to areceptacleo on the frame 0;on the frame the delivery orifice of the refrom the receptacle 0 thepetrol passes ceptacle is always in the same position rela through anopening 7) to the uppermost tively to the compartment beneath it. Whencomp rtment or the wheel. a compartment is filled to the desired heightIn the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 a the float rises freeing the end ofthe lever lever Q is pivoted at 1" to the frame 0 and the or levers andthe wheel turns until the lever lever Q carries a projection s whichengages or levers of the succeeding compartment enwith the wheel f andprevents it from gage with the projection, the petrol in the turning.first compartment being delivered into the In Figs. 4 and 5 the spindlec is carried tank. It is not however essential that the by the sides 16of the vessel (1/, and at one end frame containing the measuring wheelis provided with a milled head 6 in order should be mounted in gimbals,in which case that the spindle may be turned if the wheel the spindlemay be supported by the sides should be turned out of position by the ofthe vessel itself. The receptacle above movement of the motor car. A cap0 sementioned is fixed to the top of the vessel cured by a padlock 6covers the milled head and serves to guide the direction of flow c toprevent an unauthorized person turnof the liquid and prevent tamperingwith ing the spindle. Beneath the orifice m is a the measuring wheel.Alternatively instead receptacle 0 fixed to the top of the vessel a. ofproviding a lever or levers for each com- In all cases when thecompartment is partment one lever is provided carrying at filled to thedesired height the float rises one end a float and pivoted at the otherto and the wheel turns delivering the petrol the frame and so situatedthat the float enwhich flows through the orifice 6 into the ters eachcompartment in turn as the wheel petrol tank, a counter on the spindle erecords the number of turns and so the amount of petrol passing throughthe vessel 64 is measured.

In order to easily adjust the height to which the petrol must rise inthe compartment 9 before the lever 7a is freed from the rod Z, the rod Zis mounted in slides in 24 carrying racks o a; which are operated by aspindle 10 having pinions to for gearing; with the racks 0. By alteringthe position of the rod Z the amount of petrol required is altered.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. Apparatus for measuring liquids consisting of a closed vessel havingadmission and delivery orifices, a measuring Wheel in the closed vesseldivided into con'ipartments, a spindle on which the Wheel is mounted, afloat, a lever, one end of the lever being attached to the float, aprojection adapted to engage with the other end of the lever, and meansfor adj Listing the position of the pro ect1on.

Apparatus for measuring liquids consisting of a closed vessel havingadmission and delivery orifices, a measuring Wheel in the closed vesseldivided into compartments, :1 spindle on Which it is'mounted, a float ineach compartment, levers pivoted to the Wheel one end of each leverbeing attached to a float, a projection adapted to engage with the otherends of the levers, and means for adjusting the position of theprojection.

EDMUND SEAL DONISTHORPE.

Witnesses LEONARD HAROLD Bnnwmrron, F. PENFoLD.

